Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,222
Average Stack: 1,833,000 (61 big blinds)

Sam Soverel raised to 60,000 from middle position and Justin Young called from the hijack. Brian Yoon moved all in for 400,000 on the button and Soverel went into the tank.

After about a minute in the tank, Soverel folded and Young took a few moments before calling. It was a flip for Yoon’s tournament life with his up against Young’s .

The flop was , giving Yoon a flush draw, overcards and counterfeit outs. The turn was the , keeping Young’s pair in the lead, but the river is the and Yoon earns the double up.

Brian Yoon – 940,000
Justin Young – 3,600,000

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players: 312

Tony Dunst, the WPT’s Raw Deal host, recently picked up a fullhouse to double through an unknown opponent. Following the hand, Dunst’s stack sits at 73,500.

Tony Dunst – 73,500

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 1,222
Average Stack: 1,746,000 (58 big blinds)

Action folded around to Mike Shariati in the small blind, who moved all in for about 650,000 and Cate Hall called from the big blind.

Shariati tabled and needed help against Hall’s . The flop was and Shariati vaults into the lead. The turn was the , keeping Shariati in the lead, but the river was the giving Hall a full house, the best hand and the pot.

Shariati hit the rail in 21st place and netted $30,228 for his run.

Cate Hall – 3,050,000
Mike Shariati – Eliminated

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,222
Average Stack: 1,833,000 (61 big blinds)

Brian Yoon open-shoved for 210,000 in middle position, and Sam Soverel called in the big blind, putting Yoon at risk.

Yoon:
Soverel:

The board ran out , and Yoon’s kicker played to earn him the double-up.

Brian Yoon – 470,000 (16 bb)
Sam Soverel – 2,925,000 (98 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players: 312

Greg Merson was in the big blind facing off against a lone opponent on the button. The board read and Merson lead for 1,700. The button called.

The river fell the and Merson shoved for what appeared to be 9,000. The button, who had Merson covered, called. Merson exposed his cards first, tabling for two pair. The button showed next and flipped over for a better two pair. Merson surrendered the pot, politely pushed his chips toward the button, gathered his things and hit the rail.

Greg Merson – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 311

Myles German, who turned a $500 promotional ticket into a $10,000 seat, was under the gun and opened to 1,100. It folded to Mike Sexton on the button and he called. Maria Ho folded her small blind and the big blind mucked as well. German was heads up with Sexton to the flop.

German checked. Sexton bet 1,200. German called.

German checked again. Sexton bet 3,100. German called again.

German checked a third time. Sexton announced an unknown amount and plopped a 5,000 chip in the pot. German quickly raised, throwing 10,000 in the pot. Sexton took a few minutes to think, but ultimately folded. German took the pot.

Myles German – 66,500
Mike Sexton – 16,500

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 304

The newest entrant in the $10,000 WPT Finale is none other than Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Team Member John Racener. Racener busted the Championship 25th for $23,217 and wasted little time ponying up $10,000 of it for his Finale buy-in.

He’s been dealt a few hands, but has yet to see a flop.

Busted the main in 25th blahhh

— John Racener (@racener) April 17, 2016

Jumped right into the 10k event @HardRockHolly

— John Racener (@racener) April 17, 2016

John Racener – 39,500

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 304

The second break is done for the $10K Finale and the player count is getting very close to creating a $3 million prize pool. If they add 12 players between now and the start of Day2, it will get there.

Griffin Abel is your new Finale leader with 144,475 with Bryn Kenney and Rainer Kempe rounding out the list of those over 100,000.

Top stacks and random counts:

Griffin Abel – 144,475 (289 bb)
Bryn Kenney – 114,275 (229 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 100,500 (201 bb)
Bryan Piccioli – 97,500 (195 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – 94,775 (190 bb)
Barry Hutter – 93,650 (187 bb)
Dietrich Fast – 93,525 (187 bb)
Alexander Queen – 93,350 (187 bb)
Samuel Bernabeu – 92,250 (185 bb)
Myles German – 91,925 (184 bb)
Christian Harder – 91,525 (183 bb)
Joe Hachem – 88,350 (177 bb)
Vlad Dobrovolskiy – 87,925 (176 bb)
Jeff Madsen – 87,725 (175 bb)
Joseph Cheong – 83,350 (167 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 82,175 (164 bb)
Jon Borenstein – 81,075 (162 bb)
David Malka – 80,500 (161 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 73,550 (147 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 72,600 (145 bb)
Loni Harwood – 68,125 (136 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 62,475 (125 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 62,100 (124 bb)
Ryan Riess – 50,100 (100 bb)
Justin Zaki – 46,800 (94 bb)
Allen Kessler – 45,025 (90 bb)
Michael Laake – 38,900 (78 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 35,900 (72 bb)
Phil Laak – 35,125 (70 bb)
Mike Sexton – 33,075 (66 bb)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 29,275 (59 bb)
Shawn Cunix – 28,975 (58 bb)
Richard Seymour – 20,275 (41 bb)
Maria Ho – 15,875 (32 bb)
Darryll Fish – 14,650 (29 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 301

The flop was out and it laid . Yevgeniy Timoshenko is was in the small blind with 3,500 in front of him. Action had moved to Taylor Paur in the cutoff and he shoved having Timoshenko’s remaining 22,000 well covered.

“I think I know what you have,” Timoshenko said. “Unfortunately it has a lot of equity against my hand.”

Paur sat still while Timoshenko spent a good few minutes in the tank. He found a fold and Paur earned the pot.

Taylor Paur – 66,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 22,000

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
End of Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 1,222
Average Stack: 1,746,000 (73 big blinds)

The final 21 players are on a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes at 7:50 p.m. ET.

Matthew Haugen – 4,880,000 (163 bb)
Tim Reilly – 4,200,000 (140 bb)
Justin Young – 3,175,000 (106 bb)
Sam Soverel – 3,125,000 (104 bb)
Ben Tarzia – 2,855,000 (95 bb)
William Foxen – 2,800,000 (93 bb)
Jon Turner – 2,500,000 (83 bb)
Cate Hall – 2,190,000 (73 bb)
Andrey Plotnikov – 1,815,000 (61 bb)
Phillip Hui – 1,615,000 (54 bb)
Riley Fuller – 1,450,000 (48 bb)
David Shmuel – 1,440,000 (48 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 1,350,000 (45 bb)
Mike Shariati – 710,000 (24 bb)
Hyoung Chae – 655,000 (22 bb)
DeJuante Alexander – 600,000 (20 bb)
Charbel Azzi – 587,000 (20 bb)
Garrett Greer – 550,000 (18 bb)
Shon Makaton – 445,000 (15 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – 410,000 (14 bb)
Brian Yoon – 280,000 (9 bb)